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Toronto, Jan 1 – An Allahabad-born scientist of Indian origin has been given Canada’s highest civilian award – the Order of Canada.
Shrawan Kumar was honoured Thursday for his three decades of pioneering research on workplace injury and the…
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Richa Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 1 – To study the impact of global warming on marine life in the seas around India, the government has embarked on a major project to give them DNA barcodes to ‘create inventories of biodiversity’.…
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Andreas Fauth
Berlin, Jan 1 – Getting over a broken heart begins with a pair of wool socks at Elisabeth Stoffel-Laeufer’s practice.
Stoffel-Laeufer counsels people who have suffered a break-up in an old building in Freiburg, south-western Germany which has…
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San Francisco, Jan 1 – While most dog pounds in the US complain of having too many pitbulls and large mongrels that are difficult to find homes for, dog pounds on the west coast are crowded with fashionable Chihuahuas.
‘We’re…
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New York, Jan 1 – Hundreds of thousands of New Year’s Eve devotees braved freezing temperatures and snow mixed with cold rain waiting to watch the ritual dropping of the crystal ball announcing 2010 in Times Square.
Hundreds of…
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Joginder Tuteja
Mumbai, Jan 1 – Quite a few interesting films are lined up for release early 2010. Be it director Sajid Khan, Sirish Kunder or Ken Ghosh, they are all looking forward to their creations in the New year.…
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Pyongyang, Jan 1 – North Korea Friday called for an end to the hostile relationship between Pyongyang and Washington while reiterating it will pursue for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
‘The fundamental task for ensuring peace and stability on the…
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Arpana
New Delhi, Jan 1 – Three Oscars, collaborations with Hollywood studios, a doctorate for Shah Rukh Khan and many more – the Indian entertainment industry made its mark on the global arena in 2009. Now it is set to…
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Washington, Jan 1 – US President Barack Obama offered his condolences Thursday after seven employees of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were killed and six injured in a suicide attack Wednesday on a military base in eastern Afghanistan.
In a…
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